Archive

Delve into the establishment and history of Powick Hospital, along with the types of records we hold for those patients admitted. As we come towards the end of a 2 year project to catalogue a range of public records as a result of New Burdens funding, we turn our attention to records held on behalf...

Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service have been awarded a one year grant by the Wellcome Trust to conserve and catalogue the historic archives of Powick and Barnsley Hall Hospitals.  Powick Hospital was founded in 1852 as the Worcestershire City and County Lunatic Asylum and Barnsley Hall was opened in 1899 to relieve the pressure on...